THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental drug that has been shown to treat rashes in people with lupus may also help with lupus-related joint pain.Affecting as many as 1.5 million people in the United States, lupus is an autoimmune ...
AHA News: Her Research Is Getting Worldwide Attention. But For Now, She Needs to Finish High School.
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Explaining her research, Maria Balhara sounds like a typical scientist: She had a hypothesis. She recruited participants to evaluate. She analyzed the data. Soon, she'll present her work at ...
AHA News: Her Research Is Getting Worldwide Attention. But For Now, She Needs to Finish High School.
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Explaining her research, Maria Balhara sounds like a typical scientist: She had a hypothesis. She recruited participants to evaluate. She analyzed the data. Soon, she'll present her work at ...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Buckingham Palace on Thursday announced that Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has been placed under medical supervision following "concern" from her doctors over her health. The queen, 96, is still residing at B...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Sitting on the couch or behind a desk could be increasing your risk of breast cancer, a new genetics-driven study suggests.People more likely to engage in physical activity based on their DNA had a 41% lower...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While mental health care has become a full-blown crisis in the United States, a new study finds that psychiatric nurse practitioners are helping to fill the gap. The researchers discovered that the mental he...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) – In a rare second review, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel on Wednesday recommended approval for an experimental drug for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). The FDA is not obligated to follow its ad...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While vitamin D got some attention early in the pandemic, it does not reduce the risk of either COVID-19 or other respiratory infections, two new clinical trials found. Both studies, one done in the United K...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Hundreds of thousands of Americans take medications intended to prevent infection with HIV, but a federal judge in Texas ruled Wednesday that a provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that requires free co...
Too little exercise, too much sitting could raise breast cancer risk. People more likely to engage in physical activity based on their DNA had a 41% lower risk of invasive breast cancer, a new study found. Read moreIn rare 2nd review, FDA panelists ba...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Internet hotheads are often literally that, with hateful tweets rising in number as temperatures soar, a new study reports.Temperatures higher than 86 degrees Fahrenheit are consistently linked to heavy incr...
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While exposure to smog is a known risk factor for preterm birth and low-birth weight, new research suggests it also may heighten risk of COVID-19 infection for pregnant low-income women.Scientists at Columbi...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- From 2019 to 2021, receipt of mental health treatment increased among adults aged 18 to 44 years for men and women, non-Hispanic Whites and Asians, and across metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, accord...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Influenza vaccination seems to have a moderate protective effect on ischemic stroke, according to a study published online Sept. 7 in Neurology.Sara Rodríguez-Martín, Pharm.D., Ph.D., from the University of...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 vaccines will likely go the way of flu shots in the future, with updated doses given annually, U.S. health officials said Tuesday."In the absence of a dramatically different variant, we likely are ...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While researchers explore the possibilities of COVID-19 vaccines that do not require an injection, public health officials in India and China have already each approved new needle-free versions for their ci...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Juul Labs said Tuesday it will pay $438.5 million, without acknowledging wrongdoing, to settle dozens of lawsuits filed over company practices that may have fueled widespread vaping among American teens."Th...
MARTES, 6 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Una red que recibe y suministra transfusiones de sangre en todo el país solicita unos donantes de sangre más diversos.Menos de un 20 por ciento de las donaciones de sangre provienen de personas de co...
MARTES, 6 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- El ácido fólico, una vitamina B de uso común para fortificar los alimentos y reducir el riesgo de defectos congénitos, quizá conlleve un riesgo oculto para los que lo toman en grandes cantidades: un ...
MARTES, 6 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Un nuevo informe revela un secreto oculto sobre las hermosas carreteras rurales del país: con frecuencia, son letales para los conductores.Casi la mitad de todos los accidentes de EE. UU. suceden en ...
MARTES, 6 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- La actriz Jane Fonda anunció que tiene linfoma no Hodgkin,Fonda, de 84 años, apuntó que inició la quimioterapia para luchar contra el cáncer, que es altamente tratable, y afirmó que tenía suerte, por...
MARTES, 6 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los niños deben ponerse la vacuna contra la gripe tan pronto como esté disponible, preferiblemente antes de finales de octubre, recomienda un importante grupo médico.La vacunación contra la gripe fla...
MARTES, 6 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los niños deben ponerse la vacuna contra la gripe tan pronto como esté disponible, preferiblemente antes de finales de octubre, recomienda un importante grupo médico.La vacunación contra la gripe fla...
MARTES, 6 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Un panel de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE. UU. sopesará de nuevo la aprobación de un medicamento experimental para la ELA, una segunda revisión poco común, para una enferm...
MARTES, 6 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Wes Mika comenzó a tocar la batería, pero en el fondo lo que le gustaba era la pandereta."Le encantaban los pequeños discos plateados de la pandereta", apuntó su esposa, Susan Mika. "A veces, tocaba ...
MARTES, 6 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Con frecuencia, la cirugía para los fibromas uterinos se puede realizar mediante técnicas mínimamente invasivas que evitan una estadía en el hospital. Pero es menos probable que las mujeres negras e ...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Singer Justin Bieber said Tuesday that he will take a break from touring while he takes care of his health. Bieber has a condition known as Ramsay Hunt syndrome, which is rare type of viral infection. Cause...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A technique called microneedling may help surgical scars heal more attractively — especially if it's done within a couple of months of surgery, a small study suggests.Researchers found that for 25 patients,...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- With online medical visits growing in popularity, a new study offers some reassurance: Diagnoses made via video are usually on the money.Mayo Clinic researchers found that of preliminary diagnoses made duri...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- America’s middle-income seniors could face a time of financial reckoning within the next decade, with the rising costs of health care and assisted living overwhelming their meager savings, a new study repor...